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The man was taken off the plane once it landed at the French airport and was taken into police custody once he stepped off the passenger jet.

A spokeswoman for Thomson Airways said: “We would like to apologise for the inconvenience to our customers on flight FPO 809T from Glasgow to Ibiza operated by a partner airline, which diverted to Toulouse as a result of a disruptive passenger.

The passenger is taken off the flight by police (Image: Christopher Reynolds)

“Passenger and crew safety is our priority at all times therefore we, along with our partner airlines, operate a zero tolerance policy to any behaviour of this kind.

“We appreciate the patience and understanding of customers affected by the diversion and we can confirm the flight has now landed in Ibiza.

“We would like to reassure them that incidents of this nature are extremely rare.”